THIS HAPPENED IN PITTSBURGH'S NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD OF EAST ALLEGHENY. Reporter: IT'S BELIEVED A CANDLE LEFT BURNING STARTED THIS FIRE. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE. A FATHER AND HIS TWO KIDS GOT OUT OKAY, THOUGH HE HAD A LOT OF SMOKE INHALATION. OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND BACK HOME, OR WHAT'S LEFT OF IT. THE INVESTIGATORS JUST HOURS AFTER HIS HOME WAS DAMAGED IN AN EARLY MORNING FIRE. MY HEART SUNK BECAUSE I'M REALLY CLOSE WITH THE FAMILY. THE FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR WASN'T SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THE MAN FORCED HIS WAY THROUGH FLOORS OF THICK BLACK SMOKE TO MAKE SURE HIS SON AND DAUGHTER AND HIS DOG MADE IT OUT. HIS KIDS ARE HIS WHOLE WORLD. THAT WAS HIS TOP PRIORITY AND THE REASON WHY HE GOT SO MUCH ? ? INHALATION. Reporter: NEIGHBORS WOKE AT 4:00 A.M. TO FIND THEIR STREET LINED WITH FIRE TRUCKS. WE ARE CLOSE NEXT TO IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND WE WERE WORIED THAT IT GOT HOT. Reporter: MOST OF THE DAMAGE UP UPSTAIRS WHERE INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED AFTER A CANDLE WAS LEFT BURNING IN A SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM. NOW BRITTON WILL LEAN ON FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS. WE TRY TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. Reporter: THE HOMEOWNER SAYS HE PLANS TO START OVER. HE'S JUST GLAD THAT HE AND HIS